Arriva Buses Wales - Bangor Depot

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RE: Arriva Buses Wales - Bangor Depot

(19/05/2016 23:58)PO59 MXJ Wrote:  Depends what kind of sign it is saying 12'. There are a couple of different height road signs that are different but look similar. You have a maximum height road sign but you can also have a 'width of headroom' road sign, which is going to be more likely in this case with it being an arch.

Although as you say it would make sense to have it, there is no "available width" marking on the arch (possibly because of it being part of a UNESCO world heritage site). Instead, the triangular warning sign stands by itself on a pole immediately before the arch.

By itself, my understanding is that this is just a warning: if you pass it with a taller vehicle, and it fits, then you're OK. However, further pootling around Google Street View shows that there is in fact also a circular prohibition sign outside the Post Office, about 80 yards before the arch. (Seems a strange place to put it, since it's way past the point of no return for a large vehicle on a one-way street!) Anyhow, AIUI this means "No vehicles over height shown", i.e. you're not allowed to pass it in a taller vehicle, regardless of whether or not it fits. Presumably Arriva must have an exemption - I recall Arriva Southport having one in relation to the 7.5 t weight limit on the former railway bridge on Rufford Road, so presumably something similar applies here.